Welfare states and social inequality: Key issues in contemporary cross-national research on social stratification and mobility.

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2013-03-12T09:11:44Z

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2013-03-12T09:11:44Z

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2006

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2008-01-28

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Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth. Welfare states and social inequality: Key issues in contemporary cross-national research on social stratification and mobility.. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

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http://hdl.handle.net/10852/12912

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Research on welfare states and research on social stratification and mobility share a common concern for social inequality. Research on welfare states is usually comparatively designed, looking for similarities and variation across countries in a number of aspects related to social structure and social institutions. On the other hand, the basic model of social stratification, utilized in most cross-national research on social stratification and mobility, is an abstract model which does not specify why and how we are to understand cross-national differences. Yet for about 20 years or so, researchers within the social stratification community have undertaken several cross-national studies. This paper reviews a few selected studies within each area and summarizes their conclusions with regard to similarities versus differences between countries. In the final section of the paper, I discuss key issues for future work within cross-national research on social stratification.

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eng

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Welfare states and social inequality: Key issues in contemporary cross-national research on social stratification and mobility.

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Journal article

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2008-01-28

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Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth

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VDP::200

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170000

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Samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultet

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375629

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